Agnes Quisumbing is an economist who leads a global research program on gender and assets at the International Food Policy Research Institute. She previously led a multi-country research program that examined how differences in bargaining power within households affect individual and household wellbeing, among other issues. She has worked on gender and land issues in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia and her native Philippines.

Ahmad Alhendawi is the secretary general and CEO of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, one of the world’s leading education youth movement supporting over 54 million members in 171 national Scout Organizations. He served as the first-ever United Nations secretary-general’s envoy on youth. He serves as a board member in a number of international organizations and is a recipient of a number of national and international awards.

Ahmad Masoud is founder and director of the Consumer Rights and Services Organization, the first non-political, non-for-profit, independent national organization working to promote consumer rights and fair competition in Afghanistan. CRSO is a member of U.K.-based federation Consumers International.

Ahmat Mahamat Bachir has been Chad's minister of mining, industrial and commercial development and private sector promotion since November 2018. He studied at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Algiers and, in 1987, was awarded a master's degree in political science, majoring in international relations.

Ahmed Mohamed is the deputy director and heads of programmes at Save Somali Women and Children, a national NGO that has been supporting Somali women and girls for nearly three decades.

​​Aida Meskel, MPH, is senior director of value and access for Gilead Sciences Global Patient Solutions, responsible for low- and middle-income countries in emerging markets. Meskel has more than a decade of experience in global health care collaboration in various roles focused on developing sustainable business models and access solutions. She has held roles across the public sector, in multilateral organizations, and the biotech industry with increasing responsibility. Meskel holds a bachelor of science in biotechnology from La Salle University and a master’s in public health from Boston University.

Aiden Irish is a research associate supporting EcoAgriculture Partners’ policy and markets work. He supports research on finance and investment coordination mechanisms to support integrated landscape management and finance coordination projects in Kenya. He is also contributing to EcoAgriculture Partners' policy analysis work, specifically on rural-urban linkages and sustainable urban food systems.

As former Devex editor for business insight, Aimee created and managed multimedia content and cutting-edge analysis for executives in international development.

Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang was the vice president and minister of Women’s Affairs of The Gambia until June 2018; a proactive national womens' leader; pioneer and chair of the Coalition 2016 which democratically defeated a 22-year dictator; pro-democracy and human rights activist; political coalition-builder; former passionate U.N. international development management practitioner; resource mobilizer and partnership builder with wealth of experience in corporate governance and U.N. system policy and technical operations; and a trainer in policy formulation and development management, conflict prevention and management, gender mainstreaming, women’s transformative political leadership, and social entrepreneurship.